In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last week, Obama sounded less statesman and more salesman, with the usual pitch that American leadership is all benevolent and virtuous. America is pursuing, America is committed, America is prepared… and so on and on went the tiresome egocentric rhetoric. But like a dodgy salesman, the …

EDITOR’S CHOICE | 28.09.2014 | 21:29 Now that U.S. bombs are falling in Syria, will Islamic extremism be stopped in its tracks? Such a question is an insult to the intellect, yet it’s the dominant theory in Washington D.C., where years of Middle East war have taught politicians nothing. Bombing yet another Middle East country …

News | 29.09.2014 | 23:19 Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister Walid Al-Moualem Monday accused the United States of using double-standard policy in fighting terrorism at a high-level debate at the UN. Al-Moualem said that there has not been any “serious move” to implement a UN Security Council resolution which decided in August to cut financial sources …

30.09.2014 | 00:01 The United Nations Security Council held a high-level meeting on terrorism on September 24, 2014. UN Security Council Resolution 2178, which underscored the need to prevent the travel and funding of foreign terrorists, was unanimously approved and passed by its five permanent and veto-holding members—Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US— and …

BEIRUT, September 25 (RIA Novosti) – The Syrian government supports the new UN Security Council resolution on fighting terrorism, SANA reported Thursday, citing Syrian UN Ambassador Bashar Jaafari. The Syrian government supports “any efforts of the international coalition against terrorism, provided care for the lives of civilians and respect for the sovereignty of the state …

Violation of International Law: Where is Obama’s “Authorization to Use Force” in Iraq By Inder Comar Obama-Wars3 There was much enthusiasm in 2008 that President Barack Obama would bring a saner and more lawful approach to issues of foreign policy and war and peace. Six years later — with Americans still being killed in Afghanistan, …

Two Steps Forward One Step Back (II) Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR | 28.09.2014 | 00:00 Part I The Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India had two sharply diverging halves. If the first part that was enacted in Ahmedabad presented the spectacle of an extraordinary breakthrough in the relations between the two countries, the second half was …